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–noun (used with a singular verb)
Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
Also called gimbal ring.

[Origin: 1570–80; alter. of gimmal]
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n.   A device consisting of two rings mounted on axes at right angles to each other so that an object, such as a ship's compass, will remain suspended in a horizontal plane between them regardless of any motion of its support. Often used in the plural. Also called gimbal ring.

tr.v.   gim·baled or gim·balled, gim·bal·ing or gim·bal·ling, gim·bals
To supply with or support on gimbals.


[Alteration of obsolete gemel, double ring; see gimmal.]

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gimbal

noun
an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips 

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